Revitalised England pick Cherries: Lancaster set to call on Twelvetrees and Burns

Billy Twelvetrees will join his Gloucester sidekick Freddie Burns in a revamped England squad today, as head coach Stuart Lancaster maintains his policy of selecting talented rookies from the domestic game.

The 24-year-old inside centre is set to be promoted from the Saxons to the senior ranks, along with a raft of other exciting tyros.

Wasps lock Joe Launchbury, a sensational newcomer to the international arena during the autumn series, will also be included, along with 22-year-old fly-half Burns and Leicester hooker Tom Youngs.

Set for a call up: Gloucester's Billy Twelvetrees is expected to be named in England's Six Nations squad

There is also room for those with greater experience, such as flanker James Haskell and wing David Strettle.

The England squad will feature 33 players and it is understood that the one-man increase will allow for Saracens’ Anglo-Tongan loosehead Mako Vunipola to be added, amid doubts about the state of Alex Corbisiero’s knee.

Twelvetrees is set to replace Leicester’s Anthony Allen, who will drop down to the Saxons, as will Charlie Sharples and Northampton back-rower Phil Dowson.Twelvetrees' Cherries team-mate Burns will become the third stand-off, along with Toby Flood and Owen Farrell.

Launchbury is preferred to his Wasps lock colleague, Tom Palmer, while Youngs comes in for Bath’s Rob Webber.

Meanwhile, Billy Vunipola — brother of Mako — will be in the revised Saxons squad, along with Bath’s rugby league convert Kyle Eastmond.